PR2 Robots Officially Graduate to Beta Sites

Submitted by admin on Fri, 05/28/2010 - 14:11

On Wednesday night, we officially kicked off the PR2 Beta Program with a party and robot unveiling. Over three hundred guests gathered at Willow Garage, and watched as all 11 Beta robots were introduced. Scott Hassan, the founder of Willow Garage, laid out his vision for increasing productivity by
bringing robots out of the factory and into
our everyday lives. Keenan Wyrobek and Eric Berger, co-directors of the personal
robotics program, outlined the PR2 hardware platform
and ROS software platform, highlighting how excited we are about the rapid adoption of ROS within the robotics community.

After the robot unveiling, representatives from each Beta Site came forth to claim their robots. Demos, photo ops and human-robot dancing ensued.